Pre-admission Skin Preparation Protocol in Patients Undergoing Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

The treatment of periprosthetic infections often requires multiple surgical procedures, imposing a sizeable burden on the patient, surgeon, and hospital. Most surgical infections occur as a result of colonization with the patient’s native flora, and efforts have been focused on minimizing this source of contamination. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of surgical site infections in elective hip and knee arthroplasty patients who used an advance preoperative cutaneous surgical preparation protocol, who were compared with patients who underwent standard in-hospital skin disinfection only.